[kictanet] Kenya, S.Africa domain row intensifies

[Ali Hussein]

Mwendwa

I think even the suggestion that there was collaboration between KeNIC and DCA is quite erroneous. I remember very clearly that this was tabled at a board meeting and was rejected by the board. In fact KeNIC was even a part of the original discussion  in Johannesburg regarding KeNIC collaboration with other ccTLDs and the Africa Union to go for the .Africa domain.  I know this Mwendwa because I was a board member at KeNIC then and participated in the Joburg meeting. 

We need to be careful how we articulate issues and be more responsible in our reporting. Ignorance is not a defense and the said journalist should have sought background information and reached out to experts in the space. There's simply no excuse for making such a blatant mistake.

Ali Hussein
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> On 15 Mar 2016, at 6:43 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
> I think this is a genuine mistake on the part of the journalist.
> Remember initially, 5 years ago, there was collaboration of DCA with
> KENIC. I cannot get enough resources on this, but if you read the
> resource below, you can add one and one together.
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130314_sammy_buruchara_former_chair_of_dca_appointed_kenyan_gac_advisor/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 15/03/2016, Brian Munyao Longwe via kictanet
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> Hmmm,
>> 
>> Might be someone who is sucking sour grapes over recent .africa
>> developments and wants to try and incite KOT against South Africa and the
>> ZACR team.
>> 
>> Pure lack of imagination IMHO...
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> 
>>> Listers
>>> 
>>> Am I missing the point here? When did the .Africa fight become a Kenya vs
>>> South Africa affair??
>>> 
>>> A case of a journalist not understanding what's going on or a deliberate
>>> misinformation campaign?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/smartcompany/Kenya-S-Africa-domain-row-intensifies/-/1226/3117572/-/14rhip4z/-/index.html
>>> 
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